An abandoned, 22-story building in Lake Charles, Louisiana — once an icon in the city that became a symbol of destruction from hurricanes Laura and Delta — was imploded Saturday after sitting vacant for nearly four years.
The Hertz Tower crashed down in a matter of seconds after a demolition crew set off a series of explosions inside. The tower fell in a large cloud of dust into a pile about five stories high.
The building, formerly known as the Capital One Tower, had been a dominant feature of the city’s skyline for more than four decades. However, after a series of hurricanes ripped through southwest Louisiana in 2020, the building became an eyesore, its windows shattered and covered in shredded tarps.
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49 Comments
I live there
Glass shards everywhere!
My friend Bryson, live by that and me😢
Every video with a building being destroyed has a comments section exactly like this
Cool
First of all this was not a hurricane. Listen closely there are people cheering 📣. And you can here the dynamite 🧨 explosions simultaneously 💥. FAKE NEWS 📰🗞️
Me calling capital one customer support be like:
Cool!!!!!
😎😎😎😎😎😎😎
Sadly, it was too costly and dangerous to rebuild. Bring down this beautiful building property saved lives it might have taken to rebuild. 🇺🇸
Nope! Boycotting ABC.
75% mad at dust
15% mad they called it a sky scraper
10% pretending to live in swla
😂😂
Contraband Day Begins!!!!
Anybody else notice the drone flying near the top? I bet the footage captured from that is awesome
What happened😅😅
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As the cancerous cloud engulfs the area
TIIIMMMMBEEEEEEEEEEERRR!!!
I would hardly call that a sky scraper, maybe a butterfly scraper.
Yoo hoo!! Look at all that particulate matter flying up into the atmosphere cause all kinds of air pollution! 🤨 Build better buildings.
It sure was a dirty building!
😮this is fake news 📰 that is the planned demolition of a building not the result ifs hurricane !!!
Why can't they shelter homeless people instead of streets… They will take care of themselves…
Uncanny resemblance to WTC implosion , guess dynamite 😮
Wow in matter in seconds
How many floors were in that building? It looked huge!
Gathering together, in celebration, to watch a thing fall down. Humans are such strange creatures.
People in Louisiana will do anything for a good time
The whole city is trash
Trump practicing debate there, too many buffet servings.
Sad day for the city of Lake Charles.
Wow! Looks just like building 7 ! North and south as well,beautifully controlled demolition.
Inside job. Bin Laden had nothing to do with it.
You mean it wasn't hit by an airplane? REALLY?
We blame the Destructive Party of Joe Biden and Kamel Harris for this!
They have consistently found ways to burn down and destroy homes, businesses and cities all across America and this is just one more example. 😢
That was a planned demolition.
Perfect demo!
As a deep-sea explorer, I can confirm that this is not a submarine
The day will come when false prophets, lying politicians and the wicked will fall just as in this video.
BUILDING 7
And that's why you should never light your farts!!!😂
Trump's debate outcome tomorrow night
Was there a need make it all come down…
🤔🙄😒🙌
It seems have been demolished by dynamite
What does that remind me of?…can't quite remember can someone help me please…
It's a controlled demolition
Saw something similar in back in NYC in 2001….